CJ presents: Ann Hansen

Wed. Mar. 13 12:30 PM - Wed. Mar. 13 01:20 AM
Contact: b.dobchuk-land@uwinnipeg.ca/204-988-7662
Location: Room 2M70

Image courtesy of Between the Lines

In 2001, Ann Hansen published a book, “Direct Action: Memoirs of an Urban Guerrilla” which documented the years leading up to and including the Direct Action campaign of the early 1980’s in Canada. She has just published a second book, documenting her years in prison and parole from 1984 until the present day. “Taking the Rap: Women Doing Time for Society’s Crimes” is a series of short stories about prison life based on Ann’s time in the Prison for Women from 1984-1991 and then more stories from the new federal prison in Ontario, Grand Valley Institution for Women in 2006 and 2012. Ann will speak about these experiences and then discuss the conditions and the role of prisons in Canada.